Khuzdûl

kíli

masculine name. Kíli

Khuzdûl [LotRI/Kíli; PMI/Kili] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

cen-

verb. to see

Noldorin [cenedril TI/184] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rhîf

noun. edge, hem, border

Noldorin [Ety/383, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

riben

masculine name. Merry

Noldorin [SD/117; SDI1/Gelir; SDI1/Riben] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

gelir

noun. merry, happy, gay person

Sindarin [SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gelir

masculine name. Merry

Sindarin translation of the name of Sam’s son Merry, appearing in Tolkien’s unpublished epilogue to The Lord of the Rings and in the King’s Letter (SD/126, 129). Most likely this name is an elaboration of [N.] gell “joy”.

Conceptual Development: In drafts of the epilogue, this name was initially (rejected) Riben (SD/117).

Sindarin [AotM/062; SD/117; SD/126; SD/129; SDI1/Gelir; SDI1/Riben] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gelir

adjective. merry

Sindarin translation of the name of Sam’s son Merry, appearing in Tolkien’s unpublished epilogue to The Lord of the Rings and in the King’s Letter from the early 1950s (SD/126, 129). This word is apparently an adjective, most likely an elaboration of [N.] gell “joy”. In Didier Willis’s Sindarin Dictionary, it is suggested this word might instead be a noun, an agental formation meaning “✱merry person” (HSD/gelir).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the word for “merry” was G. dairog (GL/29), likely derived from ᴱ√TYALA “play”. This was revised to G. dairion in the “Gnomish Lexicon Slips” (PE13/112) and again to ᴱN. gair in Early Noldorin word lists from the 1920s (PE13/141, 143). This last change probably also reflects a new root, though exactly what this root might be is unclear. There isn’t a clear connection between these early forms and later gelir beyond a superficial resemblance of form.

lanc

noun. sharp edge (not of tools), sudden end (as a cliff-edge, or the clean edge of things made by hand or built)

Sindarin [VT/42:8] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rîw

noun. edge, hem, border

Sindarin [Ety/383, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tíra-

verb. to see

Sindarin [tírad SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tíra-

verb. to see

Sindarin [AotM/062; SD/129] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tírad

gerund noun. to see, for the seing

Sindarin [SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

cen

verb. see

cen- (i gên, i chenir), also tíra- (i díra, i thírar), the latter rather meaning “watch”. SEEING #cened (i gened) (sight), pl. cenid (i chenid) if there is a pl. Isolated from cenedril, see mirror, SEEING STONE *gwachaedir (*i 'wachaedir) (palantír), no distinct pl. form. except with article (in gwachaedir); coll. pl. ?gwachaediriath or ?gwachadirnath (the latter assuming that -dir is reduced from older -dirn) The form occurring in the primary source, gwahaedir, must represent the late Gondorian pronunciation with h for ch (PM:186)

cen

see

(i** gên, i** chenir), also tíra- (i** díra, i** thírar), the latter rather meaning “watch”.

cened

seeing

(i gened) (sight), pl. cenid (i chenid) if there is a pl. Isolated from cenedril, see MIRROR.

gelir

merry

(attested as the S equivalent of the name Merry) gelir (lenited elir; no distinct pl. form).

gelir

merry

(lenited ’elir; no distinct pl. form).

gwachaedir

seeing stone

(i ’wachaedir) (palantír), no distinct pl. form. except with article (in gwachaedir); coll. pl. ?gwachaediriath or ?gwachadirnath (the latter assuming that -dir is reduced from older -dirn) The form occurring in the primary source, gwahaedir, must represent the late Gondorian pronunciation with h for ch (PM:186) ****

lanc

sharp edge

(sudden end, brink), pl. lainc, coll. pl. langath. Note: homophones mean ”naked” and also ”neck, throat”.

rîw

edge

*rîw (construct riw) (hem, border), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rîw). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” rhîf.

rîw

edge

(construct riw) (hem, border), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rîw). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” rhîf.

Quenya 

a-

see

a- (2) a prefix occurring in the Markirya poem (Tolkien first used na-, then changed it). It may be prefixed to verbal stems following a noun that is the object of sense-verbs like "see" and "hear" when the verb it is prefixed to describes what happens to this noun, as in man cenuva lumbor ahosta[?] (changed from na-hosta), "who shall see the clouds gather?" (hosta = "gather").

cen-

verb. see, behold

cen- ("k")vb. "see, behold", future tense cenuva ("kenuva") "shall see" in Markirya. Imperative cena ("k"), VT47:31.Also #cen = noun "sight" as the final element of some nouns (*apacen, tercen, q.v.) Compare the root KHEN-, KEN-, KYEN- "look at, see, observe, direct gaze" (VT45:21)

cenya

verb. see, perceive

Quenya [PE 22:103, 115; PE 22:155] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

cimba

noun. edge, brink

Quenya [PE 22:149] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

réna

edge, border, margin

réna noun "edge, border, margin" (REG)

ríma

edge, hem, border

ríma noun "edge, hem, border" (RĪ)

tunta-

see, notice, perceive

tunta- "see, notice, perceive", pa.t. túne (QL:95)

véla

verb. see

véla (2) vb. "see" (Arct); present/continuative tense of a verbal stem #vel-? The context of the sentence where it occurs ("till I see you next") suggests that this is "see" in the sense of "meet".

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Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Primitive Elvish

kili

root. edge

Early Primitive Elvish [QL/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kantya

noun. edge

Early Primitive Elvish [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Westron

kali

adjective. merry, gay, jolly

Westron [LotR/1135; PM/050; PM/059; PM/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kali

masculine name. Merry

Westron [LotR/1135] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

dairion

adjective. merry

gwinta-

verb. to see

thê-

verb. to see

Early Noldorin

caint

noun. edge

A word in Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s glossed “edge” and derived from ᴱ✶kantya (PE13/140).

Early Noldorin [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gair

adjective. merry

Early Noldorin [PE13/141; PE13/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

kante

noun. edge

A word in Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s equivalent to ᴱN. caint “edge” derived from ᴱ✶kantya (PE13/140).

Early Quenya [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sehta-

verb. to see

Early Quenya [QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

véla

verb. to see

Early Quenya [LFC/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

ken-

verb. to see

Qenya [PE22/103; PE22/124; PE23/092; PE23/099; PE23/102; PE23/108] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kenya-

verb. to see

Qenya [PE22/115; PE23/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by